[Page’s Les Pauls Question]

12 minutes ago, Dazed Page said:

During Zeppelin's 1972 tour of Australia, his uncovered white Bobbin bridge pickup died. It got repaired but it was later replaced with a factory T-Top pickup with a chrome cover during 1972/1973. it remained that way all throughout Zeppelin until it was replaced by an uncovered black Seymour Duncan pickup sometime in the '80s. His Number 2 was bought around 1975 and had its bridge pickup exposed showing white Bobbins similar to his Number 1 before the T-Top.

In short:

His Number 1 originally had white Bobbins before being Replayed by a T-Top. When Jimmy says that his Les Paul's are distinguishable by the colour of the Pickup Bobbins he is probably referring to them in their current state

 

Ah got it, thank you for clearing that up! 

[Page’s Les Pauls Question]

Looking for some clarification on Page’s Number 1 and Number 2 Les Paul Standards as I am trying to modify my 2003 Standard to be like his Number 1. 

Every recent picture as well as the Gibson re issue have the uncovered black Bridge pickup on the Number 1. However, pictures/videos from the early 70s period I’ve seen online and in his book there is a cover or a white humbucker there. In the book he notes that the white bridge pickup is a distinguishable feature of the number 2, but I’m not sure he had the number 2 on the early 70s tours. I am sure he switched the pickups at different points, but does anyone know any more about the timeline of this? 

Also, I was wondering about the “Page Wiring.” In the video Gibson did with him on the Number 1 recreation, he notes the only change he made when he bought it from Joe Walsh was changing the tuners. He only demonstrates the one push/pull knob for the out of phase Peter Green sound. Were the 4 push/pulls just a feature of the Number 2? 

Apologies for the lengthy post, have not been able to get a clear answer in my limited research. If anyone is more educated on this and can point me in the right direction I’d appreciate it!